Timber-fastening



Patented June '20, I899. 0. HUMAN.

BER FASTENING.

ication filed Mar. 2, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN o. HOMANQOFCINOINNATI, OHIO.

TIMBER-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,418, dated June 20,1899.

Application filed March 2,1899. Serial No. 707,538. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HOMAN, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedTimber-Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a fastening for timbers,which fastening is especially adapted to use in the carpentry trades,serving to securely and neatly join sections of timber as well aspermitting them to be disconnected'without tearing out or fracturing anyof the parts.

This specification is the disclosure of two forms of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which I have shown my invention applied to anewel-box, and in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section showing the fastening employed to jointhestair-rail to the newel. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the plug of thefastening. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section showing the fasteningemployed to hold together partsof the newel-box,'and Fig. 4 is anelevation of the fastening constructed as in Fig. 3.

Referring to the first two figures of the drawings, the fasteningcomprises the plug 5, which is preferably cylindrical in form and formedwith a transversely-extending passage 6 running through it, and alsowith a longitu dinally-extending passage or bore 7 in its outer end. Thepassage 6 is adapted to receive a wedge 8, and the bore 7 permits ascrewdriver to be passed toward the inner end of the plug, so that ascrew, such as the screw 9, Fig. 1, may be fastened in position.

In applying the fastening as shown in Fig. 1, the inner end of the plug5 is slightly let into the stair-rail 10 and the side 11 of thenewel-box is formed with an opening 12 extending through it, throughwhich is passed the plug. The screw 9 is driven home by the screw-driverinserted through the bore 7, and the wedge 8 is then driven in place, soas to force the section 11 of the newel against the end of thestair-rail. This arrangement serves to bind the parts 10 and 11 securelytogether and also permits them to be disconnected at any time withoutinjuringeither part.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the fastening adapted to hold together the sectionsof the newel-box. This is effected with the help of an, additionalmemberin the form of a plate 15, which is provided with an opening 16,adapted to receive the plug 5. This plate 15 is fastened by screws tothe edge of one of the newel-sectionsfor example, the section 17and.liesfiat against the other newel-sectionfor example, the section 14. Theplug 5 is constructed the same as the plug 5, and is secured in place bya screw 9 similar to the screw 9. The opening 6 in the plug is adaptedto receive a wedge similar to the wedge 8, which in. the form shown inFigs. 3 and 4: bears against the plate 15, thus binding the sections 14and 17 together.

The fastening may be used in many other ways without departing from myinvention.

Patent 1. A timber-fastening, having a plug adapted to be secured to onesection of the timber andhaving a transverse passage formed therein, andalso having a longitudinal passage or bore formed in its outer end andleading to the transverse passage, and a wedge adapted to be passedthrough the transverse passage to engage the other section of thetimber.

2. In a timber-fastening, a plug, means for securing the plug to onesection of the timber, the plug having a transverse passage therein, anda wedge passed through the passage and adapted to bear against the othersection of the timber.

3. A fastening, having a plug formed with a transverse passage thereinfor the reception of a wedge, and with a longitudinal passage or bore inone end, such longitudinal passage or bore leading to the transversepassage.

4. A fastening, consisting in a plug having a transverse passagetherein, and a longitudinal passage or bore in one end, the longitudinalpassage or bore leading to the transverse passage, and a plate with anopening therein through which opening the plug is passed, so that awedge inserted in the transverse passage of the plug may bear againstthe plate, to hold the plate.

, JNO. C. HOMAN. Witnesses:

R. T. PORTER, E. W. PETTIT.

